Dorkeld Franck, Streiff Réjane, Sauné Laure, Castel Guillaume, Ogliastro Mylène, Kerdelhué Carole
CBGP, INRAE CIRAD IRD Institut Agro Université de Montpellier, 755 avenue du Campus Agropolis, CS30016, Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex F-34988, France.
DGIMI, INRAE Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
Data Brief. 2023 Apr 25;48:109180. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109180. eCollection 2023 Jun.
The pine processionary moth is a Lepidopteran pest species occurring in the Western Mediterranean. It causes heavy pine defoliations and it is a public and animal health concern because of its urticating caterpillars. Very little is known about the viruses associated to this species, as only two viruses were described so far. We here present a dataset corresponding to 34 viral transcripts, among which 27 could be confidently assigned to 9 RNA and DNA viral families ( and ). These transcripts were identified from an original transcriptome assembled for the insect host, using both blast search and phylogenetic approaches. The data were acquired from 2 populations in Portugal and 2 populations in Italy. The transcripts were de novo assembled and used to identify viral sequences by homology searches. We also provide information about the populations and life stages in which each virus was identified. The data produced will allow to enrich the virus taxonomy in Lepidopteran hosts, and to develop PCR-based diagnostic tools to screen colonies across the range and determine the distribution and prevalence of the identified viral species.
松异舟蛾是一种出现在西地中海地区的鳞翅目害虫。它会导致松树严重落叶，并且由于其具刺毛虫，还引发了公众和动物健康方面的担忧。目前对与该物种相关的病毒了解甚少，因为迄今为止仅描述了两种病毒。我们在此呈现一个包含34个病毒转录本的数据集，其中27个可以可靠地归属于9个RNA和DNA病毒科（以及）。这些转录本是从为该昆虫宿主组装的原始转录组中鉴定出来的，采用了比对搜索和系统发育方法。数据取自葡萄牙的2个种群和意大利的2个种群。转录本进行了从头组装，并通过同源性搜索用于鉴定病毒序列。我们还提供了每种病毒被鉴定时的种群和生命阶段的信息。所产生的数据将有助于丰富鳞翅目宿主中的病毒分类，并开发基于PCR的诊断工具，以筛选分布范围内的虫群，并确定已鉴定病毒物种的分布和流行情况。
